1997 Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200

Race 9 of 17

Portland
78 laps
Time of race: 2:00:12.982
Average speed of winner: 76.575 mph
Margin of victory: 0.027 sec.
Lead changes: 6 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 25 laps
Fastest lap: Raul Boesel 112.183
Lap leaders: Pruett 1-4, Gugelmin 5-30, Zanardi 31-53, Gugelmin 54-65, Blundell 66, de Ferran 67-77, Blundell 78

Race notes: First win for Mark Blundell.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	11	Mark Blundell	18	Motorola	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	117.710	78	2	2	flagged	20
2	2	Gil de Ferran	5	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	Goodyear	Walker	119.126	78	1	11	flagged	16
3	14	Raul Boesel	40	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	117.532	78	0	0	flagged	14
4	3	Christian Fittipaldi	11	Kmart/Budweiser	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	118.510	78	0	0	flagged	12
5	9	Greg Moore	99	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Forsythe	117.810	78	0	0	flagged	10
6	4	Mauricio Gugelmin	17	Hollywood	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	118.296	78	2	38	flagged	9
7	13	Paul Tracy	3	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	117.540	78	0	0	flagged	6
8	6	Michael Andretti	6	Kmart/Texaco/Havoline	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	118.116	78	0	0	flagged	5
9	19	Parker Johnstone	27	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green	115.329	78	0	0	flagged	4
10	16	Adrián Fernández	32	Tecate/Quaker State	Lola	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	115.527	78	0	0	flagged	3
11	7	Alex Zanardi	4	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	117.979	78	1	23	flagged	2
12	22	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	19	Herdez/Mexlub	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	114.322	78	0	0	flagged	1
13	20	André Ribeiro	31	LCI/Marlboro	Lola	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	115.194	77	0	0	flagged	0
14	24	Richie Hearn	21	Ralph's Food 4 Less	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Della Penna	113.996	77	0	0	flagged	0
15	27	Hiro Matsushita	24	Panasonic-Duskin	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	112.925	77	0	0	flagged	0
16	23	Patrick Carpentier	16	Alumax	Reynard	Mercedes	Goodyear	Bettenhausen	114.174	76	0	0	flagged	0
17	1	Scott Pruett	20	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	119.246	76	1	4	flagged	1
18	28	Arnd Meier	64	J.A.G./Marcelo/Hawaiian Tropic	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Project Indy	111.422	75	0	0	flagged	0
19	8	Jimmy Vasser	1	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	117.973	74	0	0	contact	0
20	18	P.J. Jones	98	Castrol-Jockey	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	115.333	74	0	0	flagged	0
21	12	Bryan Herta	8	Shell	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Rahal	117.571	74	0	0	flagged	0
22	17	Juan Manuel Fangio II	36	Castrol-Jockey	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	115.367	73	0	0	flagged	0
23	21	Gualter Salles	77	INDUSVAL	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Davis	115.072	67	0	0	fire	0
24	10	Bobby Rahal	7	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Rahal	117.722	39	0	0	handling	0
25	15	Al Unser, Jr.	2	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	116.803	34	0	0	contact	0
26	5	Dario Franchitti	9	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc.	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Hogan	118.264	34	0	0	contact	0
27	26	Christian Danner	34	Payton/Coyne Racing	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	113.361	28	0	0	transmission	0
28	25	Max Papis	25	MCI	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	113.665	26	0	0	transmission	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Paul Tracy	100	8	2	3	4
2	Greg Moore	95	9	0	2	4
3	Michael Andretti	91	9	0	1	5
4	Gil de Ferran	77	9	2	0	3
5	Alex Zanardi	69	9	2	1	1
6	Jimmy Vasser	69	9	0	0	2
7	Scott Pruett	66	9	1	1	3
8	Raul Boesel	61	9	1	0	1
9	Mauricio Gugelmin	56	9	1	0	1
10	Al Unser, Jr.	37	9	0	0	1
11	Mark Blundell	31	9	0	1	1
12	Bryan Herta	31	9	0	0	0
13	Patrick Carpentier	26	9	0	0	1
14	Parker Johnstone	26	9	0	0	0
15	Bobby Rahal	24	9	0	0	0
16	Roberto Moreno	13	7	0	0	0
17	Christian Fittipaldi	12	3	0	0	0
18	André Ribeiro	12	9	0	0	0
19	Adrián Fernández	12	9	0	0	0
20	Richie Hearn	6	9	0	0	0
21	Dario Franchitti	5	9	0	0	0
22	Juan Manuel Fangio II	3	9	0	0	0
23	Max Papis	2	9	0	0	0
24	Gualter Salles	1	9	0	0	0
25	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	1	9	0	0	0